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Ndikhethe Wena’s Ami Faku features on new single with DJ Qness & NaakMusiQ

Ami Faku and DJ Qness & NaakMusiQ

Vth Season’s newest signee, Ami Faku, who the music industry has earmarked to be one of the most important voices to come out of South Africa in the twenty-tens, features on a hot new single with DJ Qness & NaakMusiQ titled Babuyile.

ALSO READ: Ami Faku’s Debut Single, Ndikhethe Wena, Launches On A High Note

The single dropped this morning and already features in the Top 10 songs on Apple Music.

Babuyile speaks of a lover returning home with some easy sing along catchy lyrics:

Bubuyile… Ndisuka kude kulomhlaba… ooSho Majozi baphand’eGoli… Don’t feel so sorry you don’t know my story… But I’m back… Ndabuya ekhaya…

The trio had great chemistry in studio which has resulted in a house track that is definitely going to find itself on some of the major radio station charts this festive season.

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Beverly Jayne Releases Second Solo Album “Back to Love”

Beverly Jayne Back to Love

Johannesburg based singer-songwriter Beverly Jayne recently released her second solo album Back to Love.

ALSO READ: Mlindo The Vocalist Opens Up About Losing His Girlfriend To A Blesser

No stranger to the South African music industry, she began writing songs and playing guitar at the young age of 14. After finishing school then living in the USA for a year she returned to South Africa and joined the band Concussion Girl most noted for the saucy single “Tie me up” that received high rotation on 5fm and was featured on the worldwide release movie “Slash”.

After two studio albums with the band and building a notable, on stage reputation, playing everything from festivals like Oppikoppi and Woodstock to opening at the Big Top Arena for Mango Groove and everything in between, Beverly Jayne released her debut solo album “Walk Away”.

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With tracks from Beverly Jayne’s debut album “Walk Away” receiving airplay on 33 stations across South Africa including 947, YFM, OFM, featured multiple times on SA TV in shows like Isidingo and Sober Companion, and receiving growing airplay in countries like USA, Canada, New Zealand, Australia, UK, Netherlands and Italy, it was inevitable that a second solo album was to follow.

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Radio personality Smash Afrika joins 5FM

Smash Afrika joins 5FM

5FM has announced that Afrika Mdutyulwa better known to his massive following as Smash Afrika will be joining the station. Smash Afrika joined Ryan The Dj and will be on air weekday nights as from 1st of April. This will be between 19:00 and 22:00 Monday to Thursday.

Beginning with campus radio, he made his name at YFM in 2013 when he co-hosted En Route 6 with Tholi B. In 2015 he hosted his own show, Point of Order, which was on weekdays from 03:00 to 06:00.

In the show on 5M, he will be joined by producer Given Baloyi.

“Talk about a dream come true! I have always wanted to work at 5FM and finally it’s happening,” Smash said in a press statement. “Words can’t begin to describe the emotions, but I will express them on every show once I get started,” he expressed himself.

5FM also announced that acclaimed and revered Ultimix resident Ryan the DJ has been offered his own show on the station, taking over the Saturday night 19:00 – 22:00 Weekender5 show from 5FM’s PH who will sadly be leaving the station to focus on his very busy DJ and production work.

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The 6th annual Maftown Heights set to take place on 27 November 2015 at Mary Fitzgerald Square, Newtown, Johannesburg

The 6th annual Maftown Heights

It’s that time of year again as the sixth annual Maftown Heights festival is upon us. Maftown Heights is set to take place on Friday, 27 November 2015, at Mary Fitzgerald Square, Newtown, Johannesburg from 15h00 till 03h00. 

Purchase tickets online via Ticket Pro here

The sixth annual Maftown Heights returns with KFC as a headline sponsor. Other sponsors and partners include: Channel O, YFM, Absolut Vodka, Miller, Red Bull Studios and Slikour On Life.

“We are excited to continue our partnership with Maftown Heights… It brings us, as a brand, closer to connecting with the youth and their passion for music. This year we have some exciting new elements to add and we’re looking forward to another exciting hip-hop festival with Maftown Heights, for everyone to enjoy”, says Thabisa Mkhwanazi, Marketing Director for KFC Africa.

Known as one of SA’s key hip hop calendar events and one of the premier hip hop festivals on the continent, Maftown Heights offers a line-up of an eclectic blend of the best hip hop 2015 had to offer. The lineup features artists pioneering Motswako in Africa as well as leaders in the South African music industry across the genres of hip hop and Kwaito.

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